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PeakD

Interest in UFC events continues to decline

I remember back when I was a super fan of UFC. I looked forward to every Pay per view event and for the most part myself and my friends ...

sports.guy55

PeakD

It's kind of universally accepted that UFC is boring now. Here's a few reasons why

There has been a lot of disinterest in UFC over the past couple of years in particular and it is always kind of strange to me. We have t...

sports.guy55

PeakD

Sean Strickland wants to quit UFC due to low pay

UFC has been embroiled in a scandal of sorts for a long time regarding how much money the organization brings in and how despite making b...

sports.guy55

PeakD

Colby Covington dominating at RAF, but very few people care

When UFC stars decide to kind of turn their back on the circus that UFC has become over the years, their options are kind of limited. Th...

sports.guy55

PeakD

Curtis Blaydes and WCO showcase how the UFC heavyweight division is dead

The heavyweight division has always been eligible for a lot of criticism as far as fight quality is concerned in MMA because once we get ...

sports.guy55

PeakD

Tyron Woodley kind of continues to embarrass himself, this time in wrestling

Tyron Woodley wasn't an exciting UFC champion, but he was a UFC champion. Then as is often the case he got beat, then got beat again, t...

sports.guy55

PeakD

A UFC event passes and I didn't even know about it

If you read my praise and our criticism of UFC events on my blog then you are probably aware of the fact that I have had considerably mor...

sports.guy55

PeakD

Surprise surprise: UFC 330 turned out exactly like most thought it would

August is normally a dead month for UFC. They don't really compete with any other sports during the weekends in this time of year so the...

sports.guy55

PeakD

Upcoming UFC 330 is a weak card

After the last 2 UFC events being such amazing experiences aside of course from the horrible failure of the main event with Conor McGrego...

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PeakD

Jake Paul's MVP acquires PFL MMA

Jake Paul's events for boxing have been very successful from a financial point of view even though the quality of these fights and the ca...

sports.guy55

PeakD

McGregor immediately injured in UFC 329. Leaves arena without talking to anyone

Has there ever been a more well-known MMA fighter in the history of the sport? Most would say no, there hasn't been. Conor has been awa...

sports.guy55

PeakD

McGregor UFC return not attracting as much attention as anticipated

Maybe it's because the man got into so much trouble in the past 5 years, maybe it is because most people kind of got sick of his big mout...

sports.guy55

PeakD

My experience with cutting weight for MMA fights

I don't talk about it a great deal because I ended up retiring with a losing record after just 3 professional fights, but there was a tim...

sports.guy55

PeakD

UFC Freedom 250 gives us one of the best fights of all time

I had my reservations about this event because I knew it was going to be missing a lot of the electricity of a normal stadium event that ...

sports.guy55

PeakD

Thoughts on MVP's foray into MMA

The Rousey vs. Carano event is on Netflix as I type this. I have it open on the wall on my large monitor and thus far they have done a d...

sports.guy55

PeakD

Gina Carano lost 100 lbs to prepare for fight with Ronda Rousey

This will likely be getting talked about in great detail but I am going to mention it anyway because it is such an amazing story. When ...

sports.guy55

PeakD

Sean Strickland pulls off the impossible and wins middleweight championship

Although I didn't watch a great deal of it, I did pop in every now and then to see a bit of UFC 328. The bookies didn't really give Sea...

sports.guy55

PeakD

The Calm before the Storm: Not much talk of anything UFC in the news

To me and I think a lot of other people, this is definitely a good thing. I kind of like when I go to my sport site and see that the &qu...

sports.guy55

PeakD

Global Fight League (GFL) a good idea that was poorly managed into the ground

I was one of the people that was genuinely excited when it was announced that a new fight promotion was coming along to compete with UFC,...

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PeakD

Nate Diaz to fight Mike Perry on Rousey v. Carano card

Nate Diaz is one of my favorite fighters of all time. Even though he has lost a lot of times he always brings the heat and always has an...

sports.guy55

PeakD

UFC ruins yet another event: This time with the BMF belt

As promised, I did not watch UFC 326. I am officially burned out when it comes to UFC. I have been taking a peek at other promotions ...

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PeakD

Its looking like Jon Jones will be fighting at the White House

Jon Jones is one of those fighters that a lot of people used to like a lot, but then they started to seriously dislike him when he starte...

sports.guy55

PeakD

Nate Diaz on Rousey undercard? Yes please!

The rumors are already flying as the press and hype about the Ronda Rousey vs Gina Carano fight by Jake Paul's MVP has been very successf...

sports.guy55

PeakD

UFC hosting another major event just one week after Paramount premiere

I suppose we should have seen this coming. Paramount my actually flood the market with even more events than UFC did before the $7.7 bil...

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PeakD

Don't feed the Jack Doherty troll fight

I don't know a great deal about Jack Doherty other than the fact that he purely represents a lot of what is wrong in the world. He got h...

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PeakD

PFL ditches tournament system and now there is no reason to watch them

When Pro Fighters League (PFL) announced they were entering the MMA scene with a huge bankroll I got excited because I would really like...

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PeakD

Armored MMA: Unfortunately it is extremely lame

When I first heard about this I didn't believe it was real but yes, it is real. People get all decked out in full armor and use medieval...

sports.guy55

PeakD

After UFC 322 event, I think I am done with watching this sport live entirely

I have written several posts about how I think the UFC has gotten stale for many reasons but I was also kind of excited about this event ...

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PeakD

For me, the women's fight is the real Main Event at UFC 322

I just finished an article a few days ago talking about how UFC has lost a lot of its luster in my eyes because of an overabundance of ev...

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PeakD

UFC is less fun now reason 1: There are too many events

I started to notice it about 6-8 months ago. My friends were no longer really discussing UFC events or even any of the champions. We us...